Martina Anderson

Martina Anderson (16 April 1962-) was the Sinn Fein MEP for Northern Ireland from 12 June 2012, succeeding Bairbre de Brun.

Biography
Martina Anderson was born in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in 1962 to a family of staunch Irish republicans; her father was Protestant. She was arrested several times for IRA activity during The Troubles, and she married an active IRA member. From 1986 to 1998, she was imprisoned under the suspicion that she was one of the masterminds of the Brighton hotel bombing. Released under the Good Friday Agreement, she entered politics with Sinn Fein, serving in the Northern Ireland Assembly for Foyle from 2007 to 2012 before being elected an MEP in 2012.